Contact Katie Allan with any questions regarding the FAPSC annual awards program at Katie@FAPSC.org

FAPSC Professional Membership

FAPSC offers an individual Professional Membership that is open to all employees of a FAPSC school or associate member. This membership was designed to help keep your entire staff in direct communication with FAPSC. Download an application today!

What a great way to kick off the New Year! Resolve to Renew your FAPSC membership.

Our goals are to improve education and protect the interests of your students and the members of our sector. You are an important part of the association's mission, strategies and accomplishments.

Your membership made a difference this past year let's do it again.

Renewing your membership can be done in 4 easy steps. To renew your school or company's membership you must be the designated primary contact. If you are unsure please contact Wanda Minick at Wanda@FAPSC.org or call (850) 577-3133.

Step 1: Log into our website www.FAPSC.org (Unless you have logged in before and changed it your username is your first and last name with no spaces. The first letter in each name is in capital letters. Ex. WandaMinick (W and M are caps- no spaces between the names). Password is “FAPSC” in all capital letters.

Step 2: Once you log in you will be in your member portal. As the primary contact you will have a "view organization"link. Click the "view organization" link to view your school/company's member portal. Click the "Renew"link to renew membership.

Step 3: This is where you will renew your membership! The page header is "School Membership Application." Please review and make sure that all the information we have on file is correct. If not, please make changes where necessary. Most of the information on this page will be displayed in our member directory, so it is very important that you are listed correctly. Once information is completed and verified scroll down.

If you are renewing a school membership you will need to select your campus' gross revenue range to be assessed the appropriate membership dues.

Associate members renewing will automatically be assessed a $500 dues renewal fee. Next, you will select your response to consider making a contribution to FAPSC PAC. Then click the renew button.

Step 4: Payment Page! You should see your renewal amount plus the amount if you chose to contribute to FAPSC PAC. You can either pay immediately by credit card or click “bill me." If you choose the “bill me” option you will be brought back to the organization portal, scroll down the page and view "invoices & receipts" box and click on the printer icon to display invoice for printing. Please remit payment to FAPSC office at 150 South Monroe Street, Suite 303, Tallahassee, FL 32301 and be sure to include the invoice number on your check.

The FAPSC Continuting Education and Nursing Committee will host our first nursing workshop on Monday, January 24th at the Crowne Plaza in West Plam Beach, Fl. CEU's will be awarded that satisfy both the Board of Nursing and CIE requirements!

This workshop is for schools currently operating or thinking of starting a nursing program at their school.

Four (4) CEUs for the Commission for Independent Education requirement will be awarded.

If you can 't make the FAPSC Nursing workshop- Save this Date March 10, 2011

Delmar, Cengage Learning will be hosting a nursing forum, Bridging the Gap from Theory to Practice in Orlando, FL.

Delmar, Cengage Learning’s Nursing Forum is a dynamic one-day event that not only provides you with a great day filled with educational value, but is also a fantastic opportunity to network with other Nursing Educators, authors and our publishing team. Click here for more information.

As the fastest-growing, youngest, most tech-savvy and largest minority demographic in this country, the Hispanic population is a coveted segment for career schools, colleges and universities alike. This trend will only be amplified once the 2010 Census results are announced, which will almost certainly show that Hispanics now comprise 20 percent of the total population.

Join us as we take a closer look at five main aspects of marketing education to the Hispanic student prospect:

1. The Market - What the numbers are telling us and why we should care

2. The Culture –Values, beliefs, attitudes and barriers

3. The In-Culture Marketing Approach – It’s not about the Spanish language

4. The Opportunity – Why career colleges are uniquely suited to meeting the educational needs of many Hispanics

Conference: FAPSC 2011 Central Florida Conference February 24th -25th. This year's host hotel is The Westin Lake Mary, North Orlando. FAPSC Continuing Educaiton Committee has been working feverishly to make this conference lineup one of the best yet.

FAPSC will kick off the conference Thursday with Administrator day. School owners and directors, directors of admission, marketing, financial aid, student services can come learn and earn 8 CEU's along with networking with your colleagues. We will wrap up the conference with Faculty day on Friday. Deans of academics, education directors, professors, and faculty are encouraged to partcipate on this day as they will be awarded 8 CEU's upon completion of a day chockful of learning labs and instruction they can take back to the classroom and implement.

Hotel Accommodations: Sprint on over and make your hotel accommodations TODAY! Use this link to get started or you may call 1-800-WESTIN1 or 1-800-937-8461. Be certain to mention the FAPSC 2011 Central Florida Conference to receive the special room rate. FAPSC conference attendees will receive our special $119+/ per night room rate. Room block expires February 7, 2011-Subject to availablity.

Sponsorships: Looking for a way to boost your exposure in 2011? Why not take advantage of the sponsorship opportunities available. Download our 2011 sponsor opportunties packet by clicking this link. FAPSC has created a variety of ways for you to increase your exposure at our central and annual conference. If you can't attend those events why not think about advertising with FAPSC. Advertisements: Yes, we have created ways for you to advertiste on our website and in our monthly E-Flashes. Download our media kit today to get started!

Each year FAPSC opens nominations to the general membership to honor colleagues in the career college sector. These awards are announced at our annual conference. This year our conference was held in Hollywood, Florida on July 13-16, 2010. Since some of you did not get a chance to attend this event we will highlight an award winner each month in our e-Flash. This month we highlight our Rickie Knobel Financial Aid Administrator of the Year, Kristine Hibbard, Everest University - Orange Park

Kristine Hibbard leads a team of ten finance representatives that serve some 1,200 students. Ms. Hibbard has been keenly instrumental in the growth of the campus student population from 350 to more than 1,200.Her attention to detail and overall care and concern for student success has caused her to consistently earn 95% and 97% Student Satisfaction Ratings for her department in 2009 and 2010. Ms. Hibbard is an asset to her campus and to the students who she has assisted in making their educational dreams a reality. Congratulations Kristine!

If you would like to be considered for one of these amazing awards, please visit our website www.FAPSC.org to learn more.

If you have not logged into the FAPSC Online Training Center lately then you probably missed out on the 6 new admissions tranining courses that have been added centering around ethical enrollment processes. New Placement, Career Services and Faculty courses have been added as well. Login and discover what you have been missing in Continuing Education.

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Should you have exciting things happening at your school or business please share them with us. We love posting our student success stories, legislative visits, graduation celebrations, award winners, new products and services, etc.

If you would like to be featured here just send an email to Wanda@FAPSC.org to get noticed.